"Madam, you are not someone else, you are one of us." Pang Yi hurriedly said to please her.
Xiao Anshi: "...How did I know you were a fence-sitter?"
"Ahem. Well, I'll go cook dumplings." Pang Yi coughed twice awkwardly, then hurriedly walked towards the kitchen with the tray.
…
Two large trays of dumplings were cooked in two pots. They didn't eat in the kitchen, but in the pavilion around the stone table. They ate and talked. They also drank Gu Changlin's iced plum wine, which was sweet and sour, and not too strong. Mei Ya and Xiao Anshi could drink a little too.
"What the hell is this? Is it edible?" Gu Changlin looked at the strange-looking thing that looked like a dumpling in the bowl, then suddenly frowned and looked at Pang Yi, "Hey, kid, can you please stop wasting food in the future? If you don't know how to make dumplings, don't make them!"
"It doesn't matter if it's a little ugly, it's still edible, is there any need to be so picky?" Pang Yi was immediately unhappy. He angrily took the strange-looking thing from Gu Changlin's bowl and put it into his own bowl. He ate it with relish. "I like ugly dumplings like this..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhong Mingwei put the spicy Sichuan dish in his bowl into Pang Yi's bowl.
The corner of Pang Yi's mouth twitched: "..."
Xiao An also silently took the four-legged beast from her bowl.
Pang Yi: “…”
Although it is said that a good man does not fight with a woman, why does he want to beat his wife so much?
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Just when Pang Yi was looking at his bowl full of weird food with despair, he heard a knock on the door.
"I'll go open the door." Pang Yi put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and walked out of the pavilion. After a while, Pang Yi led a young man in. Pang Yi introduced him to Zhong Mingwei, "Sir, this is the personal bodyguard of the prefect Fang, named Song Duan."
The young man named Song Duan was busy clasping his fists towards Zhong Mingwei and said, "I am Song Duan, nice to meet you."
"Get up," Zhong Mingwei took the handkerchief from Mei Ya and wiped his mouth, looking at Song Duan, "What's the matter?"
"Yes, I'm here to deliver a letter to you on the orders of the master." Song Duan said as he took out an envelope from his arms and handed it over with both hands.
Pang Yi took the envelope and handed it to Zhong Mingwei.
Zhong Mingwei looked at the letter and asked Song Duan, "Why don't you see Guard Kong?"
Usually it was Kong Wenjie or Kong Wenmin who came to deliver the message, but this time Fang Zuotang came with a new face, which Zhong Mingwei found a bit strange.
Song Duan said, "Your Excellency, Guard Little Kong escorted the young lady to Changbai Mountain for hunting half a month ago. Unexpectedly, the young lady got injured right after entering the mountain. Your Excellency only received the news six days ago and immediately asked Guard Big Kong to pick up the young lady and take her back to Ningguta."
"Is he not seriously injured?" Meiya, who had been sitting quietly, suddenly looked up and asked, "And Guard Xiao Kong, is he injured too?"
Meiya and Fang Chengyin had met several times and she had a good impression of this humble young lady. Kong Wenjie had also given her many favors, so when she heard the news, she was naturally worried about the two of them.
"Madam, the young lady only suffered superficial injuries and is not seriously injured. Guard Xiao Kong is not injured." Song Duan glanced at Mei Ya and said respectfully.
"That's good," Meiya nodded, finally feeling relieved, "I'll go visit them when they come back."
"Thank you, ma'am," Song Duan said, bowing and saying goodbye, "I'll take my leave."
…
"What does it say?" After Song Duan left, Zhong Mingwei opened the letter and read it. He didn't say anything for a long time and put the letter back. His face looked a little heavy, and Mei Ya couldn't help feeling a little worried.
"The King of Pingxi is going back to Beijing, and things in Ningguta are a little unsettled. The prefect is just giving us a reminder." Zhong Mingwei didn't really want to tell Mei Ya this, but he was afraid that if he didn't say anything, the girl would start to have wild thoughts, so he just said it lightly.
"Are they the descendants of the criminals and guilty ministers who were exiled to Ningguta because of a major case in the past 20 years?" Mei Ya didn't understand, but Xiao An understood it clearly.
"What is the 20-year major case?" Mei Ya was confused.
Zhong Mingwei glanced at Xiao An, then whispered to Mei Ya, "More than ten years ago, a case arose because of the King of Pingxi. Some ministers involved in the case were dismissed and exiled to Ningguta. Such cases happen every year. It's nothing serious."
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